Default Mac OS X system key bindings

Shortcut		English	Computerese
	?	New Line	Insertnewline:
?	?	New Line (don't leave form box) 1	Insertnewlineignoringfieldeditor:
	?	New Line	Insertnewline:
?	?	New Line (don't leave form box) 1	Insertnewlineignoringfieldeditor:
	?	Tab	Inserttab:
?	?	Tab (don't leave form box) 1	Inserttabignoringfieldeditor:
	?	Backtab	Insertbacktab:
?	Space	Change ages	Cycletonextinputscript:
??	Space	Change Input System	Toggleplatforminputsystem:
??	Space	Change keyboard layout	Cycletonextinputkeyboardlayout:
	?	Delete backward	Deletebackward:
?	?	Delete backward (an accent)	Deletebackwardbydecomposingpreviuscharacter:
??	?	Delete backward one word	Deletewordbackward:
?	?	Delete backward one word	Deletewordbackward:
	?	Delete forward	Deleteforward:
?	?	Delete forward one word	Deletewordforward:
	ESC	Cancel	Canceloperation:
?	ESC	Complete current word	Complete:
	?	Move up	Moveup:
?	?	Select upward	Moveupandmodifyselection:
?	?	Scroll one page up	Scrollpageup:
?	?	Move to the beginning of the document	Movetobeginningofdocument:
??	?	Select to the beginning of the document	Movetobeginningofdocumentandmodifyselection:
?	?	Move to the beginning of the paragraph	(Movebackward:, movetobeginningofparagraph :)
??	?	Select to the beginning of the paragraph	Moveparagraphbackwardandmodifyselection:
	?	Move down	Movedown:
?	?	Select downward	Movedownandmodifyselection:
?	?	Scroll one page down	Scrollpagedown:
?	?	Move to the end of the document	Movetoendofdocument:
??	?	Select to the end of the document	Movetoendofdocumentandmodifyselection:
?	?	Move to the end of the paragraph	(Moveforward:, movetoendofparagraph :)
??	?	Select to the end of the paragraph	Moveparagraphforwardandmodifyselection:
	?	Move left	Moveleft:
?	?	Select leftward	Moveleftandmodifyselection:
?	?	Move to the beginning of the line	Movetobeginningofline:
??	?	Select to the beginning of the line	Movetobeginningoflineandmodifyselection:
?	?	Move to the beginning of the line	Movetobeginningofline:
??	?	Select to the beginning of the line	Movetobeginningoflineandmodifyselection:
??	?	Switch writing ction to right-to-left	Changebasewritingdirectiontortl:
?	?	Move one word left	Movewordleft:
??	?	Select one word leftward	Movewordleftandmodifyselection:
	?	Move right	Moveright:
?	?	Select rightward	Moverightandmodifyselection:
?	?	Move to the end of the line	Movetoendofline:
??	?	Select to the end of the line	Movetoendoflineandmodifyselection:
?	?	Move to the end of the line	Movetoendofline:
??	?	Select to the end of the line	Movetoendoflineandmodifyselection:
??	?	Switch writing ction to left-to-right text	Changebasewritingdirectiontoltr:
?	?	Move one word right	Movewordright:
??	?	Select one word rightward	Movewordrightandmodifyselection:
		Scroll to the beginning of the document	Scrolltobeginningofdocument:
?		Select to the beginning of the document	Movetobeginningofdocumentandmodifyselection:
		Scroll to the end of the document	Scrolltoendofdocument:
?		Select to the end of the document	Movetoendofdocumentandmodifyselection:
	?	Scroll one page up	Scrollpageup:
?	?	Select one page up	Pageupandmodifyselection:
?	?	Move one page up	Pageup:
	?	Scroll one page down	Scrollpagedown:
?	?	Select one page down	Pagedownandmodifyselection:
?	?	Move one page down	Pagedown:
?	.	Cancel	Canceloperation:
?	A	Move to the beginning of the paragraph	Movetobeginningofparagraph:
?	B	Move backward	Movebackward:
?	D	Delete forward	Deleteforward:
?	E	Move to the end of the paragraph	Movetoendofparagraph:
?	F	Move forward	Moveforward:
?	H	Delete backward	Deletebackward:
?	K	Delete to the end of the paragraph	Deletetoendofparagraph:
?	L	Center the selection in the text area	Centerselectioninvisiblearea:
?	N	Move down	Movedown:
?	O	Split the current line	(Insertnewlineignoringfieldeditor:, movebackward :)
?	P	Move up	Moveup:
?	T	Transpose letters	Transpose:
?	V	Move one page down	Pagedown:
?	Y	Yank back 'killed' text	Yank:
	F5	Complete current word	Complete:
** Not on Apple keyboards **
	Backspace	Delete backward	Deletebackward:
?	Backspace	Delete backward one word	Deletewordbackward:
	Linefeed	New Line	Insertnewline:
?	Linefeed	New Line (don't leave form box) 1	Insertnewlineignoringfieldeditor:

1. The commands invoked '? ? And '? ? 'Are designed to avoid leaving the current text box, as happens when pressing '? ', Which usually tabs to the next form field, or '? ', Which usually submits the form.

US keyboard layout with modifier keys

 

 

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